Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]won't leica repair this camera? - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Mehrdad - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Stasys Petravicius Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 7:30 PM To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] R5 broken-again! Hi all- My R5 broke during use at a funeral service yesterday. I got 3 of 4 images I wanted to take. I was planning on using it in Big Sur Ca. this Fri. The shutter release button doesn't work the shutter any more- I checked the battery- it was fine. I put in a new battery- no help. Tried all the modes of exposure and changed all shutter speeds- no help. The camera was serviced for a broken ISO adjustment lever and checked out by Leica NJ a year and a half ago. I bought this camera new several years ago. I went to an independent camera repair expert this afternoon- he took off the bottom cover- poked around- no help. He said the camera had "spider webs" inside- not too clean. He told me up front that he didn't repair R series cameras- worked on M's. Any suggestions about a service location which could give me a fix, CLA, a reasonable price and good turnaround? The repair technician gave me the name Don Goldberg- at Dag Cam Repair 608-838-4769 as a competent (but maybe slow) repair possiblity. Any insight/ or usage of Don by anyone on an R repair? Thanks for any help. Stasys ps- I'll be using my R4's and Nikon F3HP for the Big Sur shoot. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html